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Comment by reactordev | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]reactordev · 2026-11-14 Sat 21:38 UTC · link
The engineering of this is just mind boggling awesome. The culmination of so many fields, so many factors, to this. Congrats!!!
[−]Animats · 2026-11-14 Sat 22:14 UTC · link
It is. It's a great achievement for Gwynne Shotwell.
[−]zhoBEENG · 2026-11-14 Sat 22:56 UTC · link
Yes, though not an engineering one. At SpaceX she handles business development, strategy, and ops, though she was trained as an engineer and did it previously in her career. I think this is almost the more impressive feat here, not to diminish the engineering leap.

Definitely a name that won’t be forgotten anytime soon.

[−]carabiner · 2026-11-15 Sun 07:06 UTC · link
And the CEO, Musk. Shotwell is president.
[−]tootie · 2026-11-15 Sun 13:57 UTC · link
Musk = fake it

Shotwell = make it

[−]pxmpxm · 2026-11-14 Sat 22:59 UTC · link
> bind boggling

mind bottling

[−]soon_to_be_sb · 2026-11-15 Sun 05:12 UTC · link
Nothing new. Flight controls and automatic navigation of a high speed ballistic missle is much more impressive and had existed for decades.
[−]reactordev · 2026-11-15 Sun 05:43 UTC · link
I hope those sour patch kids taste good…

This kind of stuff hasn’t been done before. So by definition, new.

[−]soon_to_be_sb · 2026-11-15 Sun 09:03 UTC · link
The material engineering part, I don't know. But the vertial landing stuff should be childs play when compared to the stuff a self guided missile has to do.
[−]reactordev · 2026-11-15 Sun 13:30 UTC · link
You must be really fun at parties